***Skipping Rhymes - by Shane MacGowan
from the album "The Crock Of Gold"

Skipping Rhymes - - as perfomed by Shane MacGowan and The Popes

   C*           C*
We put the hood round his head
F*               G*
Then we shot the bastard dead
       CWith (x32010@1)a nick nack paddy wack give a dog a bone
G (320003@1)             CSend (x32010@1)the stupid bastards home
FThe (133211@1)nation's gonna rise again
CThe (x32010@1)nation's gonna rise again
FThe (133211@1)nation's gonna rise again
GThe (320003@1)nation's gonna rise again

C (x32010@1)                     GTur (320003@1)ra lur ra laddy got pissed in Limavaddy
      C (x32010@1)                               GGot (320003@1)a kicking from the locals there's a bunch of drunken paddys

With a nick nack paddy wack give a dog a bone
Send the stupid bastards home

The nation's gonna rise again
The nation's gonna rise again
The nation's gonna rise again
The nation's gonna rise again

C*          C*
I shot one, I shot two,
F*                  G*
I shot three that's more than you
With a nick nack paddy wack give a dog a bone
Send the stupid bastards home

The nation's gonna rise again
The nation's gonna rise again
The nation's gonna rise again
The nation's gonna rise again